| AB | Near infrared-visible-ultraviolet absorption |
| CC | Color-center laser |
| CL | Chemiluminesence |
| CR | Cavity ringdown |
| DL | Diode laser absorption |
| DPI | Depletion photoionization |
| DR | Double resonance |
| ED | Electron diffraction |
| EF | Electron-excited fluoresence |
| EM | Near infrared-visible-ultraviolet emission |
| ESR | Electron spin resonance |
| FD | Fluoresence depletion |
| HFD | High frequency deflection |
| IB | Ion beam |
| ID | Ion drift or ion depletion |
| IR | Infrared absorption (conventional or Fourier transform) |
| LD | Laser difference frequency |
| LF | Laser-excited fluoresence (excitation and resolved emission) |
| LMR | Laser magnetic resonance |
| LS | Laser Stark spectroscopy |
| MO | Molecular orbital calculations |
| MODR | Microwave-optical double resonance |
| MPD | Multiphoton dissociation |
| MPI | Multiphoton ionization |
| MW | Microwave and millimeter wave |
| ND | Neutron diffraction |
| PD | Electron photodetachment |
| PE | Photoelectron spectroscopy |
| PEFCO | Photoelectron-photon coincidence |
| T-PEFCO | Threshold photoelectron-photon coincidence |
| PEPICO | Photoelectron-photoion coincidence |
| PF | Photofragment spectroscopy |
| PI | Photoionization |
| PIFCO | Photoion-photon coincidence |
| PIR | Photoionization resonance |
| PRI | Photoinduced Rydberg spectroscopy |
| Ra | Raman |
| SEP | Simulated emission pumping |
| TF | Tunable far infrared laser |
| TPE | Threshold photoelectron spectroscopy, including ZEKE detection |
| UV | Near infrared-visible-ultraviolet absorption and emission |